KANO: Three police officers were killed in a bomb blast during a vehicle search at a checkpoint outside the northeast Nigerian city of Damaturu on Monday, police and a witness said,
Yobe state police spokesman Toyin Gbadegesin told AFP initially that two officers were among eight people who died, including two bombers.
But he later said: "More investigations as to the circumstances of the incident have revealed that all the other five people, including a woman, were in the car that exploded.
"Three policemen were killed in the blast," he added.
The explosion happened at about 1:00 pm (1200 GMT) to the north of the city, which is the capital of Yobe state, on the main road to Maiduguri in neighbouring Borno state.
AFP
